For a movie of showing the effect of cholera exotoxin on human cells, see the Theriot Lab Website at Stanford University Medical School. Click on Vibrio cholerae colonizing human cells. 3. Enterotoxins. A number of bacteria produce exotoxins that bind to the cells of the small intestines. Most of these toxins catalyze the ADP-ribosylation of host cell proteins that turn the synthesis of the metabolic regulator molecules cyclic AMP (cAMP) or cyclic GMP on and off in intestinal mucosal cells.
DEFINITION of 'Encryption'. Encryption is a means of securing data using a password (key). The encryption process is simple â data is secured by translating information using an algorithm and a binary key. When the data needs to be read back, the code is decrypted using either the same key or a different key depending on the type of encryption used.
Decrypted Text. In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information (referred to as plaintext) using an algorithm (called cipher) to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key. The result of the process is encrypted information (in cryptography, referred to as ciphertext). In many contexts, the word encryption also implicitly refers to the reverse process, decryption (e.g. âsoftware for encryptionâ can typically also perform decryption), to make the encrypted information readable again (i.e. to make it unencrypted).